The airline reported that a regional plane carrying 61 passengers collided in a residential neighbourhood in Brazil on Friday, resulting in the deaths of all on board. The area also saw the deployment of emergency crews.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced at a briefing on Friday afternoon, "I must deliver some distressing information." He also requested a minute of silence to commemorate the victims of the plane accident in Vinhedo, a city located northwest of São Paulo. He stated that the cause of the accident was unknown.
Lula stated, "It seems that all have passed away."
Voepass, a regional airline headquartered in São Paulo state, confirmed the accident on flight 2283 in a social media post. It was reported that the aircraft was transporting 57 passengers and four crew members, all of whom were in possession of Brazil-issued documentation. Unfortunately, there were no survivors. Previously, reports indicated that the plane was carrying 58 passengers.
Paraná Governor Ratinho Júnior informed journalists that a portion of the passengers were physicians from Paraná who were en route to a seminar.
He said, "These were individuals accustomed to saving lives, and now they've lost theirs in such tragic circumstances."
Voepass stated in a post that the aircraft departed from Cascavel, a Brazilian city located near the country's southern frontier with Paraguay and Argentina, and was en route to Guarulhos, the primary international airport in São Paulo.
According to FlightAware data, the twin-engine turboprop ATR-72 aircraft took off at 11:50 a.m. local time and was due to land just before 2 p.m.
City officials in Valinhos, a city near Vinhedo, reported that a single residence within the local condominium complex sustained damage, but none of the residents suffered any injuries.
Three individuals refused to allow the aircraft to enter.
The UOL news channel in Brazil reports that the aircraft denied entry to at least three passengers before it left the city of Cascavel in the state of Parana.
"I missed my flight, and our plane crashed." Have you had the opportunity to observe the news? In a video that was shared on UOL and social media, Adriano Silva de Assis, one of the fortunate passengers, is seen speaking to his daughter in an emotive manner. Silva de Assis continues, "It is a positive development." "I love you. I love you so much."
The passengers were initially enraged with the airline staff for denying them entry to the aircraft, according to Brazilian media sources.
UOL also conducted an interview with a neighbor on the property where the plane crashed. The neighbor told the station that he believed the pilot was trying to steer the aircraft away from residential areas as it plummeted from the heavens.
Gildo Pacheco, a gardener, informed the station, "I am not an expert, but it appeared that the pilot intended to avoid the homes and instead flew into the gated community."
Pacheco reported that he heard loud sounds emanating from the sky and subsequently stepped outside, where he observed the aircraft descend in a corkscrew pattern. He advised his mother to seek refuge in the basement, but he observed the plane crash into a neighbouring neighbourhood.
When the plane hit the ground, Pacheco heard a loud detonation, followed a few minutes later by another explosion.
Authorities have reported the recovery of the aircraft's black box.
According to the São Paulo state government's social media posts, civil defence and public security officials were mobilised in Vinhedo's Capela neighbourhood to address the accident. Firefighters summoned seven teams to the scene promptly at approximately 1 p.m. local time, according to the government's post.
Local hospitals were ready to help any patients.
TarcÃsio Gomes de Freitas, the governor of São Paulo state, expressed his solidarity with all victims and those impacted by the catastrophe in a social media post.
Brazilian officials closed the entrance to the residential neighbourhood where the aircraft crashed, according to the Associated Press.
In a news briefing, Marcelo Moreno, the director of Brazil's aviation incident investigation centre, CENIPA, issued a warning that it was still too early to ascertain the cause of the accident. However, he provided an initial glimpse into the investigation.
"From what we can tell so far, the aircraft did not reach out to traffic control reporting an emergency," Moreno informed reporters.
At a news briefing on Friday, Marcel Moura, the chief operations officer of Voepass, stated that the aircraft was flying at altitudes where ice was anticipated, but stated that the conditions were "within the acceptable range."
However, Moura noted that the plane's de-icing system, along with the rest of the aircraft, had been deemed operational before departure, and that it is sensitive to ice.
Guilherme Derrite, a state official in Sao Paulo, reported that they recovered the plane's "black box" and found it to be in good condition.
The aircraft's manufacturer, ATR, issued a statement on Friday confirming that it was aware of the incident.
"Our first thoughts are with all those affected by this incident." The ATR specialists are entirely committed to providing assistance to both the investigation and the customer, as stated by the company.
The site BNO News shared a video that depicted an aircraft, Voepass Flight 2283, spinning out of control as it plunged behind a cluster of trees near houses. A large plume of black smoke followed the plane.
Before exiting his Vinhedo condominium, Daniel de Lima heard an audible disturbance and observed the aircraft in a horizontal spiral.
"It was rotating, but it was not progressing," he stated to Reuters. "Soon after, it fell out of the sky and exploded."
In the Vinhedo neighbourhood, approximately 50 miles northwest of São Paulo, footage on the news outlet UOL depicted an aeroplane that was still on fire and in fragments, nestled between red tile roofs and trees.
The plane may have experienced a halt in mid-air before plummeting to the ground.
Video footage depicting the plane's descent from the atmosphere left Jaafar El-Awady, a mechanical engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University, in awe, according to USA TODAY.
"It is not as though it were falling from the sky." The plane appeared to have stalled in mid-air, as if a rock had fallen from the heavens, according to El-Awady. However, confirming the event and its causality may take months or even years, depending on the underlying cause.
An aeroplane must sustain a speed that exceeds a specific threshold in order to remain in flight. El-Awady stated that the aircraft will begin to descend if the value falls below that threshold. The mission may be doomed if an aircraft has sustained critical damage, such as wing or tail problems, in conjunction with a failing engine, despite the fact that pilots are trained to manoeuvre out of a stall.
El-Awady said the pilot should have been able to fly and land if only one engine failed, assuming there was no other damage, since the Friday crash aircraft had two engines.
This incident is particularly poignant for me, an aerospace engineer who advocates for the protection of air travel.
"We have a significant amount of work to do to prevent the recurrence of these incidents," he stated.
Brazilian aeroplane accidents in the past
Brazil has been the site of three of the most lethal aeroplane accidents in South America, as reported by the Aviation Safety Network. The Flight Safety Foundation, an international nonprofit organization that prioritizes aviation safety research and advocacy, operates the network as a service.
In a runway accident at the São Paulo-Congonhas Airport on July 17, 2007, all 187 passengers and crew on board a commercial aeroplane perished. The Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Centre in Brazil reported that the accident claimed the lives of twelve individuals on the ground and ignited a fire that took hours to extinguish.
The Aviation Safety Network reported that a domestic passenger flight and a business jet collided in mid-air less than a year ago. The seven jet passengers survived, while all 154 individuals onboard the Boeing 737 perished.
In the summer of 1982, an aeroplane captain inadvertently descended below 5,000 feet while distracted by the bright city lights of Fortaleza, despite two altitude alerts and the co-pilot's warning of mountains ahead, in what the Aviation Safety Network deemed the second worst accident of the year. At an altitude of 1,950 feet, the aircraft he was navigating collided with a forested mountainside. The entire crew of 137 perished.
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